The Hoosier Lottery says it will give one free ticket for the $540 million Mega Millions jackpot to each of the first 540 players Friday at selected outlets in Evansville, Fort Wayne, South Bend, Terre Haute, Zionsville and Indianapolis.

The lottery says the tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis to players ages 18 and older. They will be distributed from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. local time at one outlet each in Evansville, Fort Wayne, South Bend, Terre Haute and Zionsville and from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at an Indianapolis outlet. The lottery also will distribute 540 tickets beginning at 8:30 a.m. its Indianapolis headquarters.

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Spokesman Al Larsen says the lottery has had free ticket giveaways before for large jackpots and it does not expect crowd-control problems.